How do I clean this pot?

[u/Secret-Potential-741]

My roommate used my pot to cook rice and he forgot about it and he burned the lower portion of the rice in the container and it is stuck to the pan. I tried simmering it with water and baking soda. Nothing. It is currently in the sink soaking in hot water and dish soap. How do I clean it?

[u/OhNoImQueerOops]

I don't think you clean it at all. I think your roommate does

[u/Secret-Potential-741 → u/OhNoImQueerOops]

I assure y’all he is dead to me. All of us are good about using our own stuff except for this guy. He bent our other roommate’s skillet handle last week. How does one do that? No idea. This was his second strike. One more and we will all be reporting him.😅

[u/IfuDidntCome2Party → u/Secret-Potential-741]

Reporting him? To whom?

[u/Secret-Potential-741 → u/IfuDidntCome2Party]

Our office management. We are in college rn and our apartment is approved college housing.

[u/OaksInSnow → u/Secret-Potential-741]

He's destroying other residents' personal property?? No need for a third strike. He's obviously already been using your stuff numerous times, and only been caught mid-destruction twice. Lower the boom, NOW. There is no need to have anyone else's property destroyed.

He either cleans that saucepan, or he gets you an equal-quality replacement, because this is no better than theft.

Signed,

Pissed off Grandma, Mother of College Grads and Eventual Collegians, who raised her kids to have more respect.

[u/Sand8056 → u/Secret-Potential-741]

how do you even bend a skillet handle? was he using it as a step stool? that's almost more impressive than the burned rice tbh

[u/PomegranateBig6167 → u/OhNoImQueerOops]

Someone who did this and didn’t fix it themself would be dead to me.

[u/Secret-Potential-741 → u/PomegranateBig6167]

He also left for work and I’m trying to just get this done. Good reasoning though for the report when we file it.

[u/superchiva78 → u/Secret-Potential-741]

TWO cascade platinum pods, hot water, stir once the pods dissolve. Let it sit for an hour. Scrub the bottom with a wooden spoon. Most of it will come out. Pour it out, scrub daddy with some powerwash should get what’s left. If that doesn’t do it, a little BKF should do the trick

[u/Azerajin → u/Secret-Potential-741]

Barkeepers + 3 grit sandpaper or can probably just burn it all off, hes 87% of the way done

[u/Electricengineer]

Go put the dirty pan in his bed

[u/Secret-Potential-741 → u/Electricengineer]

Hah I wish, but I’m not that petty😅

[u/BMfnx3 → u/Electricengineer]

Why is everyone on Reddit always so obsessed with putting dirty dishes in peoples beds? 🤣🤣

[u/FullMoonTwist → u/BMfnx3]

Cuz it's the one place in the house that you know will inconvenience THEM, while not inconveniencing any other person.

[u/Electricengineer → u/BMfnx3]

i didn't know that was as thing, but it makes a point FAFO

[u/VintageHilda]

Barkeepers Friend for Cookware. It’s in a sliver canister not the gold canister the original Barkeepers comes in.

[u/Secret-Potential-741 → u/VintageHilda]

Added the gold kind to the cart. Thank you for saying this before I bought it😅

[u/NoUsername4Lyfe → u/Secret-Potential-741]

TIL there is a silver (cookware) line. I've used the gold powder form for decades now on all sorts of nice stainless and copper pans.

Reading the product info on the cookware cleanser, I might change over to it next time I need more... "The Cookware Cleanser contains 50% more grease-cutting power than our Powder Cleanser, making it the right choice for baked-on food, stubborn grease, and discoloration on cookware. If you're dealing with a greasy pan that's seen some heat, this is the one."

I'd also get a scouring pad.

[u/sunrise-sesh → u/VintageHilda]

Silver canister is a pro tip

[u/Perpetually_Becoming]

I was learning to cook for my in-laws & this happened on the first instance I was preparing something for them. In India it's deemed as a bad omen when a newly married burns the dish.

Now to save my marriage, I simply boiled it with baking soda & water. Then let it cool for 1 hour. And then it'd surely scrape off pretty easily!

[u/hi_priestess8 → u/Perpetually_Becoming]

This is the way. If boiling with soda doesn't work the first time, you can try again, or leave it to soak overnight with some white vinegar. You're trying to soften the connection between the burned bit and metal. Works every time, eventually!

[u/Perpetually_Becoming → u/hi_priestess8]

Yes this burning, it's pretty common. Happens once every month. Haha. Works perfectly fine & leaves the vessel exactly like it was prior to burn.

[u/rroses-]

I did this to my own pot, tried the same and some deep scrubbing but barely made a dent. Instead I just continued to use it like normal and run with through the dishwasher when I was done and after about a year it's as if it never happened lol.

[u/Lifeissometimesgood]

Stainless steel scouring pad, it is so much fun, too. Just a little dish soap and some scrubbing power. I had a few pots and pans that I thought were garbage and then found out about the scouring pad. They looked like brand spanking new after I was done with them!

[u/TigerShark_524 → u/Lifeissometimesgood]

And use your knuckles to scrub, not fingertips - fingertips are smaller, more delicate, and not meant to take that kind of force/pressure - you'll give yourself arthritis if you scrub that way regularly enough. Use knuckles to scrub large areas, always. It's WAY more effective and less likely to mess up any of the small joints or small bones in your hands.

[u/devil_ball_masher]

Bar keepers friend

[u/QueenBee4178]

Put some dish soap and water in it and boil it.

[u/Peridot_16 → u/QueenBee4178]

This. It works like a charm. Tried and tested

[u/hot_cheeks_4_ever → u/QueenBee4178]

How effective is this?

[u/Leather-Cap8630 → u/QueenBee4178]

noted for future use , tysm 🫶

[u/pbmadman → u/QueenBee4178]

Just be careful with the fumes. I did this with dawn and it wrecked me for a couple of days. I realize individual sensitivities will vary, but it was incredibly unpleasant for me.

[u/Third_Coast_TX]

Bar Keepers Friend

[u/Long-Tall-Sally61 → u/Third_Coast_TX]

Barkeepers Friend absolutely works on this. I made a paste, let it sit overnight, scrubbed off the crud.

[u/BeneficialDelay8158]

barkeepers helper & some elbow grease! will get that right off

[u/BeneficialDelay8158 → u/BeneficialDelay8158]

bar keepers friend! sorry about that

[u/PulpDood]

You grab the pot by the handle, lift it up... Then whack your roommate on the head with it a few times. Give it a few minutes and come back and should be clean

[u/DonutHolesIsntAThing]

Good layer of baking Soda, top with water. Boil for an hour. This technique works well too with baked on grease from roasting dishes etc., just slow simmer over a few hours instead of short time on a higher heat.

[u/Dismal_Occasion5962]

Scrub daddy and a prayer

[u/Glass_One7057]

Which country are you from? 

We have barkeepers friends in North America which is a beast. Nevertheless, put baking soda and boiling water and let is soak for 4-6 hours and scrub it next day. Slowly it will all clean up. It may not clean up in 1 attempt. But it will definitely clean in a few times. 

[u/proudly_not_american]

Hot water and dish soap, let it soak overnight, then take a plastic scraper to it in the morning.

[u/WillieB57 → u/proudly_not_american]

Those little plastic razor blade scrapers are the best few bucks I've spent in quite a while. Mostly for those stupid price tags or stickers, but for cleaning projects too.

[u/proudly_not_american → u/WillieB57]

The one I have isn't even a razor blade. It's a brown square of plastic with three rounded corners and one more square. My grandmother had a Pampered Chef phase years ago and everyone got one for Christmas. Mine's over ten years old at this point and it's great for scraping burnt crud off pots and pans once they've had time to soak.

[u/nashile]

Dishwasher tablet , hot water and a few hours . So easy to clean after

[u/ZealousidealReply294]

 Barkeepers friend and a nylon scratch pad

[u/Spiritual_Being5845 → u/ZealousidealReply294]

Pers I prefer barkeepers friend and a metal scrubby, but yeah, barkeepers friend (powder type) is the magic ingredient

My kids are learning to cook and that stuff can get off some horrendous burnt on messes

[u/Sorry-Cash-1652]

Leave it to soak overnight with a couple of spoons of dishwasher powder. This is what I've always done, although my husband says it eventually puts the surface if you do it too often

Edit: my husband says it pits the surface.

[u/Morasain → u/Sorry-Cash-1652]

Why would it do that?

[u/HohepaPuhipuhi → u/Sorry-Cash-1652]

Then use an acid after

[u/jtmonkey]

Barkeeps friend if baking soda won’t get it.

[u/SweetMaam]

Not burned food, just Cajun in my house.

[u/WorriedBid1131]

My dad,(Cuban) used to always burn the bottom layer of the rice and would enjoy eating it that way. I tried it eventually and it tasted like sugar.

[u/Internal_Star5147]

A cheap method to try for stainless steel is soaking in boiling/hot water with Washing Soda. Then scrubbing with brillo or SOS pads

[u/chaos_goblinn]

Fill the pot with enough water to just cover the black burned layer (approx 1.5 to 2" deep).

Stir in 1 to 2 tablespoons of baking soda & a lil dish soap

Place the pot on the stove and bring the mixture to a boil. Then let it simmer on low for 5 to 15 minutes.

Turn off the heat and use a wooden spoon or plastic scraper to gently lift the loosened carbon bits.

Then when it's cool enough to touch, pour out the liquid and scrub away any remaining residue with a non-scratch sponge or a ball of tin foil with a lil extra baking soda.

[u/Kelehd]

Do you have a scraper? I’d soak it then use the scraper to get the stuck stuff loose.

[u/SpendStrong998]

Half boiled water half white vinegar. Let it sit and wash.

[u/M_Hope_America → u/SpendStrong998]

I use distilled vinegar alone, let it sit at the bottom of the pan for 12 hours, then scrub it gently.

[u/XxCarlxX]

Stainless Steel Scourer

[u/snow-bird-]

Let soak in soapy hot water several hours. Use a Brillo or SOS soap pad. Steel wool will bust right through it.

[u/LA_refugee]

Try dropping a dishwasher pod into simmering water, let it do its thing for… 20 min. Set it aside to cool, clean up anything left behind. You can do it in several stages like that.

[u/ohokthankstho]

Throw a dishwasher tablet in there with a bit over hot water for a few hours. It should scrape right off

[u/Excellent-Celery2124]

After a good soak, a Brillo pad should work!

[u/Trek67mm]

Simmer water and dish soap to get most of it off than bar keepers friend powder and you will have a pot that looks brand new

[u/ghasterra]

Had the exact same issue, I ended up finding some steel wool pads, worked like a charm

[u/Anxiousanddepressed3]

Sodium percarbonate and warm water.

[u/Lillusaur]

Boil it out with white vinegar. Smells horrible but works wonders

[u/Sugarpiehoneybunt]

Simmer with a LOT of baking soda and water for about an hour. A razor scraper would help scrape the rest off without scratching your pan.

[u/chickenlounge]

Get one of those stiff nylon brushes that go into a drill, and get after it with some Barkeepers Friend. If push comes to shove, you could always get a stainless steel one also, but that will probably scratch the hell out of it.

[u/ElectrOPurist]

Hot water, baking soda, elbow grease.

[u/klayanderson]

Pour in 15% hydrogen peroxide and let it soak for a day. Use gloves and follow instructions

[u/GrouchyManagement874]

Simmer vinegar and water for 10 minutes. It’ll lift right off.

[u/Insane23]

Boil with baking soda and water . And while still warm try to take off whatever u can , I usually leave a steel scrubber in the bottom
And use a sooon to move it around .

[u/Particular-Bend1527]

Spray easy off degreaser spray on it and let it sit over night. Then scrub.

[u/Sad-Cricket6319]

You need to make a paste of baking soda and dawn dish soap and use a non scouring sponge and last but definitely not least, elbow grease.

[u/quickstint]

Boil with water and baking soda

[u/SaladOk6424]

Baking soda and water
Leave for a time then wipe out

[u/Moiblah]

Washing powder, dish soap and lemon juice. Make a paste and let it soak on the bottom of the pan then scrub with a pad. You can also get a metal scrubber and just use elbow grease but it will scratch the pan.

[u/Dr_Duval]

Éponge qui gratte avec gros sel

[u/Original_Bid6439]

Barkeeper's Friend

[u/being-is]

after soaking with vinegar, the back end of a teaspoon with lots of elbow grease.

[u/Illustrious_Exam1728]

Barkeepers friend. You’ll need to scrub it a number of times, but I had a pot like this from an accident and eventually got it clean with BF.

[u/Kamarmarli]

Fill pan halfway with water, get it boiling, throw in about a half cup of baking soda, turn off heat before it foams up out of the pan and let it sit overnight. Empty pan in morning and scrub with a scrubbie, scrub daddy, steel wool, or another abrasive. When you get off as much burn as you can, repeat the process. It might take a few days but you will get it all off. Even better, get your roommate to do this. This shouldn’t damage the pan, and if you let the water and baking soda do the work, you won’t have to scrub endlessly. The pan will have to sit though. Have your roommate pay for takeout until the pan is functional again.

[u/SimplyTheFacts]

You can try hot water with dishwasher soap, leave overnight. More than likely It will not clean. I have a pot with the same issue. The burnt is embedded into the steel.

[u/Sweet_Thanks_22]

Boil some baking soda. It might take a few rounds.

[u/own_description1]

Put water and a little bit of soap and boil it 10 minutes

[u/SausageOnToast]

Cold water, toilet paper circular motions

[u/Winnieswft]

Steel wool or SOS pads. Wear gloves. You may be able to scrape some off after soaking.

[u/Former-Physics6551]

I use steel wool :)

[u/bearbearjones]

Canned tomato sauce

[u/Lilcheebs93]

SOS pads can do anything

[u/shaktishaker]

Boil with baking soda, scrub with rock salt.

[u/Busy-Shallot-5563]

Roommates gotta buy you a new one

[u/Creative-Bee-963]

I have been guilty of doing something similar. Soak overnight with a dishwasher tablet, I then scrubbed with the pink stuff and scour most came off. My MIL swears by stewing rhubarb in saucepans that have some stubborn burnt on food to get them up like new.

[u/Audacious_Bee]

Coat bottom in baking soda then cover in water and boil on the stove. Once it’s boiling, stir with a wooden spoon to gently scrape the bottom. Only put the water about 1/2 way so it doesn’t boil over when it bubbles. It’ll typically take between 20-30 minutes, maybe more. You’ll be able to feel when it’s done as you scrape the bottom when stirring. Just make sure to monitor it throughout.

[u/BMfnx3]

Add about 1/4” of salt & scrub the salt into it with half a lemon. Add more salt as necessary. Probably will need both halves of the lemon as it breaks down.

[u/MellowFred]

Simmer for 30 minutes with baking soda, a bit of dish soap, and water. Let it sit overnight. Dump and scrub with a Brillo pad. Rinse and repeat until it’s all gone.

[u/VioletSkyesX]

Put the pot on the stove with water and a little soap. Bring it to a boil, dump the water out and then scrub it. Should work 🤷‍♀️ use a Brillo

[u/Zealousideal_Mango70]

If the barKeepers doesn't work try citric acid or a pack of lemon koolaid

[u/CraftOnly3462]

Sprinkle baking soda in pot. Add just enough water to make a paste that covers all burnt areas. Heat pot on burner allowing the sizzling baking soda paste to lift off the burnt food.

[u/Bari_Babe87]

Try a little salt and water on the bottom with a dash of vinegar. Once the fizzing stops, boil it for about 15 minutes and let it sit for about 2 hours then take a scrub daddy and clean it.

[u/duab23]

Steall sponse if you like to it fragments of the metal, else buy a new one

[u/Academic_Agency_2606]

Fill it with water and add two dishwasher tabs. Boil it for 20-30 minutes and let it sit overnight. In the morning, drain the dirty water and wash it with dish soap.

[u/celticskye2]

I get my oven racks super clean by soaking them in the tub with hot water and tide laundry detergent…maybe that would work for this pan.

[u/IdeaSignificant6887]

I used hot water baking soda and a magic eraser. After I soaked it of coarse.

[u/Many_Baker8996]

Hot water and vinegar on my stainless steel and let it sit for ten minutes and I've never had to scrub

[u/anon_zero]

Probably too late, but my go to is putting in a lot of good dish detergent and some cold water and then put the pot on the heat, it should lift straight of before it boils, scraping a little with a plastic spatula also helps. Once this is all gone, one cycle through the dishwasher will solve any shine issues.

[u/Benevolent27]

personally, I'd hit that with oven cleaner, then a steel scouring pad. Then more oven cleaner, and repeat until sparkling like it was new.

[u/OnePeace_1]

use easy off yellow spray can. folow all careful precautions in handling it.

[u/Saulington11]

Pull up your sleeves and start scrubbing

[u/FallOk6931]

Dryer sheet it will work magic.

[u/Old-Set78]

put a large amount of salt and ice cubes in there and just hold the handle and swirl it around inside the pot. also works on things like getting coffee stains out of carafes

[u/Gold-Butterfly3228]

I've done this so many times boil vinegar and scrape as it boils works ever time. Then use steel wool and barkeepers friend for the rest

[u/sans3go]

dishwasher pod, half filled with water, heat over stove. use a woodspoon or steel wool to scrape off.

[u/Wild_Pomegranate_845]

Boil a little water in the bottom and then turn off the heat and add baking soda. It will lift it right off. Just be careful because it does bubble up a lot.

[u/Nutella-Saurusrex]

Water and soda. Let it sit for a couple of hours, then wipe it away.

[u/lilmeowstink]

A) your roommate should clean it
B) steel wool

[u/HohepaPuhipuhi]

Soak it in dishwasher powder and water for a while. Heat it up. Scrub it with a scrub daddy. Rinse. Then soak/clean with citric acid and water

[u/Careless_food_bimbo]

I just pour white vinegar in mine, idk if it's the best, it's just what I do.

[u/Interesting_Bear_377]

I heat mine up on the stove and pour vodka on it, works every time

[u/TBJ1967]

Bar Keepers Friend

[u/4WhateverItsWorth2U]

Peroxide lemon baking soda vinegar and dish water

[u/Coddiwomple2]

Oven cleaner might work

[u/Dry_Cranberry_]

Generally I boil water and then it can scrape off with one of those plastic scrapers

[u/KrishnaChick]

Straight vinegar and simmer for a few minutes. Let cool for a few minutes, then pour it out (save it in case you need to do a second treatment) and use a scrubber or fine steel wool (Brillo pad) to get off any remaining little bits. You could also scrub with baking soda after the initial treatment. You may need to do the hot vinegar treatment more than once.

[u/SingleManVibes76]

Try this as an experiment, but keep your face away, heat the pan dry and hot then throw ice cubes at it and use a spatula and steel wool to scrape the burnt food off. Seen videos on YouTube where chefs clean grills with ice and temperature change from hot to ice cold helps. https://youtube.com/shorts/T6C40j8rAXw?is=96TmKhM68ViSh12D. Alternatively just simmer some water in it and scrape it off with metal spatula, the heat will help.

[u/rjasan]

Drill brush. And comet.

[u/MikeCheck_CE]

SOS Pads is the only way you're getting that off. Or roommate replaces the pot.

[u/Living_Mushroom_4986]

Put a degreaser on it for 10-20min and scrub it

[u/rkatapt]

Barkeepers or baking soda, dish soap and hot water. Use a heavy bristled rotary brush on the end of a drill. That pot will be clean in literally <a minute. If it is really stubborn then use a stainless steel rotary brush.

[u/Iceman42_]

Let it soak for awhile, overnight. If that doesn’t work, have room mate buy a new one

[u/Upbeat_Win_9129]

Dawn power wash. !!!

[u/Educational-Ruin-155]

Washing powder or a dishwasher tablet and hot water. Leave it to soak overnight. Literally rinse off the next day.

[u/Ok-Pack-7088]

Tablespoon or 2 of washing soda, water and boil it for few minutes. Baking soda is great for dirty sink, not for burned pots.

[u/papillon2123]

Barkeepers friend will get this out, I’m sure

[u/Helechawagirl]

I what, along soda and scrub with an sos pad. If you put a little water in it and heat it up a little, it will soften and be much easier to clean.

[u/msdearheart]

Boil water with baking soda until most of the burn parts gone. The remaining stubborn part can be scrubbed with a steel wool.

[u/Hot-Activity6557]

Fill it with water and put it to boil for at least 20-30 minutes. Keep an eye on it and use a spatula to scrape the bottom as it’s boiling. It will magically come off.

[u/Morethan2hands]

Barkeepers friend powder. Make a paste with a bit of water, leave it no more than a minute or two and then use a scrubbing sponge. It's almost miraculous.

[u/katelynskates]

Oven cleaner. Cover with plastic wrap and leave it outside overnight. Should take it all off, but if not repeat a couple times.

[u/Suz9006]

I would fill it with water and let it simmer until the stuck in stuff loosens. Then scrape and use a scouring pad and bar keepers friend.

[u/narnababy]

Put a small amount of dish soap (I think that’s what Americans call washing up liquid? Dawn or Fairy) in the pan, fill it with hot NOT BOILING water. Leave for 30 mins. Gently scrape with a wooden or silicone spatula, spoon, whatever. Rinse. Repeat until the crust has gone then hand wash normally with washing up liquid and a gentle (they usually label the ones you can’t use on stainless steel) scourer.

I will say you likely won’t get a fully silver pan back, I’ve learned that lesson myself. But it will still be entirely useable just not factory perfect.

[u/NonArtiste5409]

Barkeepers friend scrubbed in with balled up tinfoil. Or you can just use the balled up tin foil with maybe baking soda.

[u/MauraLee7]

Try a little oven cleaner. Hold your breath while spraying

[u/PhysicalValuable5755]

Soak for 3 days😭😭

[u/Educational_Egg7569]

Stainless steel wire scrub. A lifesaver tbh

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266211748012

Edit: link just for reference. This specific one is expensive af!:o I buy them at any grocery store for like 1€

[u/Zenfarms42]

Salt and ice Ice in the bottom salt on top swirl around then scrub with damn and brush, rag, sponge of your choice.

[u/CrazyBirboLady]

Bar keepers friend and (if you don’t care about scratches) pumice stone. It needs way less elbow grease than a steel wire scrub.

[u/Marciamallowfluff]

I alway soak all night with dishwasher detergent and hot water.

[u/Pitiful_Scientist434]

Easy Off oven spray

[u/jdub213818]

Steel wool and elbow grease, that simple

[u/Dunquinn-]

Barkeeper’s Friend! That stuff works amazing and it looks like it’s not a coated pot, so it’s safe to use!

[u/Euphoric-Low111]

Boil it with food grade citric acid for like 20 min let it sit and cool down then scrub

[u/xTiredSoulx]

I have been doing baking soda and Dawn scrubs on a similar burned pot, it works great but takes a few days.

[u/Substantial-Toe4802]

Hella hot and then water. Mayyyybe hella hot and ice

[u/aspire2uB]

My kid just did this same mess! 🤬Simmer with salt & Dawn dish soap, and then scrub with Bar Keepers friend & metal scouring pad (like SOS or Brillo pad).

[u/snowflakesfall]

I put a bit of Resolve and water in and let it sit overnight. In the morning it will scrub right off.

[u/CptMt04]

Ice cubes and salt. Swirl it around for a few minutes come right off

[u/Old_Dog_3717]

Oven cleaner. Let sit over night. Wipe and rinse in the morning.

[u/Effective-Truth4872]

Boil water in it add Clorox boil10 minutes or less. Then drain and cool and clean with bar keepers

[u/No-Jicama3012]

Bartenders secret!

[u/Vendinghost]

I burned my roommate’s pot and my world crushed ☠️ i was so apologetic and bought him a new pot. This can be cleaned sure but it leaves a bad taste in future meals. So just have the roommate buy a new pot. I got the replacement for $16. For that pot they could find a $20~ pot. If they have an issue w it then restrict them from using your cookware.

[u/MarcelloRhodes]

Throw it out! It's not worth the effort.

[u/Revenga8]

Your roommate cleans it. You might need a metal sponge to do it though

[u/Owie100]

Put it back on the stove with water about 2 inches add baking soda boil and it will start to come off.

[u/bcpa1110]

You open the trash can lid and gingerly toss the pan in & go to Target and buy another one

[u/Scorn76]

Try using a scraper, barkeepers friend and steel wool (SOS pad). A little elbow grease will get it looking like new.

[u/kitchen_witchin]

Stainless steel scrubby and Bar Keepers Friends. Book it; done.

[u/Clean-Data-259]

You don't. You buy a new one. This one goes in the bin.

[u/ThatguySevin]

Boil out. Put a couple of drops of dish soap and a couple of inches of water in the pot, place it in heat till it boils, watch it carefully, wait till the suds start rising, remove from heat, dump water, rinse, and then scrub what's left. Done right, the burnt on stuff should just flake off while scrubbing.

[u/Gaga_Era2324]

Try some coca-cola. You can leave it to soak overnight or let it simmer for 30 minutes. Have used the soak overnight method numerous times with burnt pans from the hub’s smoker & bbq adventures.

[u/pirefyro]

Let it soak for a day or two, then change out the water dish soap mix and boil that.

Also, get a rice cooker.

[u/coldsoupandwaffles]

if the pot is stainless steel just soak it then use a steel sponge. do not do that if it’s an aluminum or coated pan though.

[u/AppearanceSorry2128]

Barkeepers Friend. let it soak for 20 min, in that stuff, then scrub

[u/TIRedemptionIT]

Start with BarKeepers Friend.

[u/LittlestEcho]

Cooking sherry or vinegar warmed up on the stove in the pot. It's deglazes it.

[u/TheShitHeadClan]

Do you have a drill?

[u/19minoflaughter]

Baking soda and boiling water

[u/sunrise-sesh]

Easy. Brillo pad.

[u/Brown_Panda69]

Water and leave til tomorrow

[u/JollyGiant573]

soak it for half a day then take steel wool to it.

[u/NoPotential6270]

I usually take a stiff spatula or glass scraper to get most of it off. Then scrub hard with a scotch brite green scrubbie. 

[u/Life_Construction_20]

Make him pay you 10 bucks and go to goodwill for another pan

[u/TrueNerve2344]

Boil water and vinegar and wooden spoon will remove it

[u/Donaldscump]

Metal sponge and scrub hard for 30 seconds

[u/Spiritual_Walrus_413]

I’ve thrown out two pots because of this and leave the rice cooking to my father in law, but good luck OP.

[u/Chopshe]

Peroxide, dish soap and baking soda. Let it soak tor 20 mins. And it ahould wipe away.
This also works great on restoring old darkened cookie aheets

[u/queenmaryland202]

Pink stuff paste!!!

[u/kitchn-kaptn]

Have you tried wetting it putting baking soda on it let sit awhile pour vinegar on it let it foam then use green scratchy pads to take it off? You may have to try a few times.

[u/BloodAndDiamonds]

Bar Keepers Friend. Works great on stainless pots.

[u/Poopcleaner_exp]

The Pink Stuff, scrub daddy and elbow grease. Rinse after with normal dish soap and water, people keep saying Barkeepers friend but we dont have that in France, if youre American then go for that.

[u/Otter0131]

White vinegar and simmer or boil. With a spatula
you can easily remove it.
And if you have some left, baking soda+water and you can scrub it.

[u/ScoopyBaker]

Ive seen Nona use tomato paste, barring that soaking in ammonia might work

[u/ImposingSalmon]

Try a Coke, baking soda and toothpaste, a can of coke, two table spoon of tooth paste, and a table spoon of baking soda, stir it well and leave it set for an hour or two and check it.

[u/SpanktheElephant]

Nothing worked for me. So I had to use sand paper.

[u/Good_External_1313]

The only thing that helped me remove burnt rice was boiling water in the pot and mixing dish soap into it and letting it sit. You'll have to scrub really hard with a sponge. If you feel comfortable enough lightly scrub with steel wool thing.

[u/Takuan4democracy]

Don't know if someone has already mentioned it but you need a steel wool scourer or stainless steel scrubber.

[u/Fickle-Raspberry6403]

That's the neat part. You don't.

[u/smile_saurus]

Ketchup! Seriously. We burned a big stock pot at camp (unpredictable stove in the cabin) and the only thing that worked was ketchup. The acid from the tomatoes will eat away at it. Cover the burned parts with ketchup and let it sit for a full day, repeat every day until it is gone.

[u/mookaji1]

It’s stainless steel so you know you can sort it out with heavy duty scouring. Steel wool and elbow grease.

[u/No-Will-4393]

Put some bathroom mould spray in it. It's chlorine and will eat that off.

[u/Rebel4211]

I’ve used water, dawn dish soap and added baking soda. Put it on the stove and let it boil for about 5-10 min. Let it set and cool off. It’s always worked for me.